After the sketch part, this is the full ink + beard for this study (I showed you the detailled inking & hair separately before).
I remember spending tons of time on his beard & hair, dot by dot here in digital, exactly like I do with my graphite signature rendering! It's still too much time but I feel it's the only way to get the natural detailled hairy style I love to draw. Digital art saves much time, it's true, but some stuff needs time: HAIR!
Forthcoming step is high contrast shadow, it works very well with him. Dunno what to do with the background, probably black solids following the shape of the body, we'll see.
Have a lovely weekend, folks! Stay safe XOXOX